We've been busy this week with Eric's parents visiting. Even though they have close to 30 grandchildren, they are very young (60 and...

We had our visa appointment today at the Office Français d'Immigration et d'Intégration , or OFII (pronounced "oh-fee"). W...

It's funny how quickly you get used to your surroundings. We're in the heart of vieux Nice, living in a building dating back to the ...

The Battle Against Lice a.k.a.  How Dumpster Diving Helped Finance De-Lousing Inga We had a parents' meetings last Friday for Ing...

I'm super excited about MIT's upcoming "Make the Breast Pump Not Suck" Hackathon . It's a collaboration of 150 experts...

Demolition I thought moving overseas might give us a respite from big home renovations...but nope! The shower in our room has been leaking...

Life changed dramatically for us this week. Zari, Dio, and Inga all started full-time public school on Tuesday. I love the school hours (8:3...

Many evenings we go on a walk before bedtime. Today we wandered through vieux Nice to the Promenade du Paillon, stopping at the big fou...

School These first four weeks have flown by...our "vacation" is winding down and everyone is getting ready for la rentrée (first ...

I missed the last few months' updates, so I am determined not to miss this one! Ivy is so complex for such a little person. She is ...

A fun, full day... While Eric wrote in the morning, I got the kids dressed and ready, hung out my daily load of laundry and took down yest...

Around the turn of the 20th century, Danish artist C.C.A. Christensen painted scenes of early Mormon history and Book of Mormon events. I hi...

We're mostly settled into our new apartment and new life here, so Eric started his normal writing/work schedule this week. He writes in ...

We are having way too much fun finding furniture here in Nice! I am addicted to Leboncoin  (French equivalent of Craigslist)....We'...

An epic move overseas begs for an epic beginning. In our case, this meant our flight getting delayed...and delayed...and finally rescheduled...

We only got as far as the airport yesterday. Storms across the eastern seaboard caused massive delays/cancellations. Our flights got rebooke...

Our big departure for France happens in less than 72 hours! We got back from a 2-week trip to California (Eric's family reunion and a ...

I'm up at 3 am with either food poisoning or a stomach bug...nothing better to do than hop online and distract myself. At Eric's f...

Wow, it's been so long that I'm not even sure where to begin. Right after we finished painting the exterior of our house , we travel...

Eric is finishing the last large attic gable on our 1900 Arts & Crafts home. It's been a multi-year project, starting when we bou...